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Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a–2e 一、(1)听、说、读、写以下词汇：discovery, lady, officer (2) 了解以下词或词组的含义： announce, spaghetti, hoax, sell out 二、通过学习，口、笔头掌握下列句型： 1. One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. 2. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. 3. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water. 4. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes. 三、通过阅读训练，培养学生获取信息的能力，巩固句型、扩大词汇量。 四、了解西方国家愚人节发生的事情，理智地分析所发生的事件。 Can you guess what the date it is? April Fool’s Day A: Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day? B: … A: Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your partner about what happened. B: … Task 2 Skim the passage and match each paragraph with the main idea. Paragraph 1 The most famous trick played Paragraph 2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fools Day Paragraph 3 An introduction to April Fools Day Paragraph 4 A sad story that happened on April Fools Day Task 1 Read the passage quickly. Then answer the question: How many stories are mentioned in this passage? 阅读第一个故事，回答下面的问题。 （1）Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? （2）What did the TV show say the special water could do? （3）Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? （4）When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? （5）Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? Task 1 A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Help people lose weight. He lost both his girlfriend and his show. It was in October 1938. Orson Welles made it sound so real. Task 2 阅读第二个故事，判断句子正（T）误（F）。 （1）A famous star invited his girlfriend o